A lot of it, in my opinion, depends on the risk you're likely to incur, and how important the information is you're trying to protect.<div><br></div><div>I live in a quiet neighborhood in Newton, and the chance of someone hacking my home network from the street corner is pretty much nil. So I use WEP.</div>
<div><br></div><div>I could change, but it would require reconfiguring several computers, including two which are in Iowa City with my college-age kids.</div><div><br></div><div>So....I leave it be. :)</div><div><br></div>
<div>KAI</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, Mar 12, 2009 at 10:55 AM, David McLaughlin <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:thorgrim@imaginarytower.org">thorgrim@imaginarytower.org</a>></span> wrote:<br>
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<a href="http://support.apple.com/kb/HT2594" target="_blank">http://support.apple.com/kb/HT2594</a><br>
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I disagree with the support article's comment<br>
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the administrator should consider using WEP instead.<br>
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WEP is NOT secure at all.<br>
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I wouldn't go with anything less than WPA2 personal. Use a large random password (63 characters is the maximum).<div class="im"><br>
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David D. McLaughlin<br>
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